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Published by The Whitaker & Ray Co, San Francisco, 1900
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
[2], 57, [5] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8" "Of all appeals - although/ I grant the power of pathos and of gold,/ Of beauty, flattery, threats, a shilling - no/ Method's more sure at moments to take hold/ Of the best feelings of mankind, which grow/ More tender, as we every day behold,/ Than that all-softening, overpowering knell,/ The tocsin of the soul - the dinner bell. -Byron". Rare in the trade. OCLC records 16 insitutional holdings of this title. Moderate wear to boards (soiling and rubbing). Otherwise, a VG example. Blue flexible printed cloth boards. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve 1st edition (Brown 55; Cook p. 26; Glozer 61).